: While Camille ascended to her new life of power, Victoire chose a different path, departing for the New World to find a life independent of the carnage Camille had wrought.

At the Marquis's funeral, beneath the heavy tolls of the church bells, Camille walked down the aisle as a widow, her status finally secured. Valmont appeared at her side, desperate to hear that the letter was a lie, but Camille offered no reprieve.

As the furniture was shrouded in white sheets, Camille faced a new blackmail from the shadows: Gabriel, who knew of the murder and demanded a final severance. To save herself from the gallows, she penned a cold, calculated letter to Pascal Valmont, using his own famous words against him: "It's beyond my control". She claimed she had never loved him, that he was merely a pawn in her climb to wealth and title.